The Measurement of Internet Addiction; Tentative Observations

Abstract

The proposed paper aims to investigate the Young Internet Addiction Test (Y-IAT), the Chen Internet Addiction Scale (C-IAS), and the Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS). These widely used scales have made significant contributions to identifying Internet Addiction (IA) in different social contexts. After reviewing the available literature on IA, and findings in the ongoing empirical research maintained that, the concept of ‘IA’ and ‘IA-scales’ needs to be readjusted. The available quantitative data collected through e-interview-schedule used upon the age group of 14 to 30 years revealed that, there is an increasing trend of social media (SM) use and gaming and case studies explored the subjective patterns of internet use which finally comes to the conclusion that, over internet use interwoven in needs, habits and social circumstances of an individual user.